**Three films dedicated to Ukraine War, Rendezvous at the Festival de Cannes, Christopher McQuarrie, Robert De Niro,Alexandre Desplat & Guillermo del Toro, at the 78th Festival de Cannes**

By LEOSTYLO Team

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While the world is at the loggerheads, wars are going on across continents movies are being created influenced from the mayhem to mint what?

Good in a way.

God in his super incarnation for the karma is here!

The Jury of the 78th Festival de Cannes comprises

The Jury for the 78th Festival de Cannes chaired by French actress Juliette Binoche joined by American actress and filmmaker Halle Berry, Indian director and screenwriter Payal Kapadia, Italian actress Alba Rohrwacher, French-Moroccan writer Leïla Slimani, as well as Congolese director, documentarist and producer Dieudo Hamadi, Korean director and screenwriter Hong Sangsoo, Mexican director, screenwriter and producer Carlos Reygadas and American actor Jeremy Strong.

The Jury has the honor of awarding the Palme d’or to one of the 21 films in Competition, after Sean Baker’s Anora, presented by Greta Gerwig’s Jury, in 2024. The winners are announced on Saturday, May 24 at the Closing Ceremony, broadcast live by France Télévisions in France and by Brut.

The Festival de Cannes upholds the silver screen. Therefore, in addition to taking place at the Palais des festivals, the opening ceremony and film will be screened in hundreds of French movie theaters, in front of thousands of film lovers. Initiated by the Festival de Cannes alongside France Télévision, the Fédération Nationale des Cinémas Français and the CNC, this initiative also enjoys the friendly support of the AFCAE.

All participating cinemas will broadcast live the ceremony, presented by French actor Laurent Lafitte and marked by the presence of an exceptional guest of honor, American actor Robert de Niro, followed by the opening film, Partir un jour (Leave One Day), Amélie Bonnin‘s feature directorial debut.

This year, 382 cinemas in 90 French departments will participate and this operation will resonate in all kinds of cinemas whether chain, independent, art house or local cinemas.

Intended to share the opening evening of this great cinema celebration with a wide audience of moviegoers, this event is an opportunity to reaffirm the value of cinemas and the power of the collective experience.

The Festival de Cannes would like to thank the cinema owners for their invaluable investment in making it possible for film enthusiasts throughout France to experience this exceptional evening in their cinemas!

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I Christopher McQuarrie

After presenting Top Gun in 2022 as its producer, Christopher McQuarrie is back to present Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning as its director. While in Cannes, Christopher McQuarrie will meet with audiences. Oscar-winning screenwriter for Bryan Singer’s Usual Suspect, talented director of Jack Reacher and 4 episodes of the Mission: Impossible saga, Christopher McQuarrie has made thrillers his trademark and action cinema the work of a master craftsman.

Because this is the kind of cinema that fascinates cinephiles, listening to him talk about his craft, his world and his projects will be all the more valuable. This session will highlight the mastery and choreographed precision of his direction, which blossoms with the outstanding acting of Tom Cruise at the top of his game.

II Robert De Niro

There are faces that stand in for the 7th Art, and lines of dialogue that leave an indelible mark on cinephilia. The actor, director, producer and artist-activist has become a cinematic legend, with his emblematic, interiorized style, which surfaces in a gentle smile or a harsh gaze. This is why the Festival de Cannes has decided to present him with an honorary Palme d’or on opening night.
Throughout his filmography, Robert De Niro has expressed the violence of American society in all its subtleties and ambiguities: organized crime taking the place of the state, the trauma of the Vietnam War and the manipulation of a country by the culture of entertainment.
His public-speaking appearances are particularly rare, and this meeting with festival-goers promises to be one of the highlights of the 2025 Festival.
The meeting will be hosted by artist JR, a friend of Robert De Niro who has been making a highly personal film with him for several years.

III Alexandre Desplat & Guillermo del Toro

Hosted by Stéphane Lerouge, this dialogue between composer and filmmaker will take us behind the scenes of musical creation, and plunge us into the heart of the workings of an essential pairing in contemporary cinema.
They will explain why music is an essential dimension of a cinematographic work, and why the composer is one of a film’s auteurs. They will also explain how music finds equivalents for materials such as water, for The Shape of Water in 2017, or wood for Pinocchio in 2022, and how music can reveal the human side of monsters with Frankenstein, scheduled for release in autumn 2025.
Alexandre Desplat scored two films in Competition this year, Wes Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme and Tarik Saleh’s Eagles of the Republic.

Three films dedicated to Ukraine War

On Tuesday May 13, the day of the Opening Ceremony, the Festival de Cannes and the Mayor’s Office of Cannes welcomes France Télévisions and Brut, official partners of the event, for the exceptional screenings of three films dedicated to the War in Ukraine.

This “Ukraine Day” is a reminder of the commitment of artists, authors and journalists to tell the story of this conflict in the heart of Europe, which has been affecting the Ukrainian people and the world for 3 years now.

This program is a reminder of the commitment of the Festival de Cannes and its ability to tell the story of the world’s challenges, which are those of our future, through works of cinema.

By joining forces, France Télévisions, Brut. and the Festival de Cannes are affirming their desire to give voice to those who bear witness to contemporary realities and stand up for the truth.

This program dedicated to Ukraine will be held on Tuesday May 13 at the Palais des Festivals, in the theatres Buñuel and Bazin, and will bring together three works retracing the events and key figures of the conflict.